Hank visits the Detroit auto show at General Motors' invitation (2007)
story · status: told 2×, last update 2012 · last event: retold (2012-11-08)
In January 2007 Hank went to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit at General Motors' invitation, writing for environmental blogs, and came back ill. In 2012 John recalled that video, where the Chevy Volt appeared as a concept car, when he finally bought one.
Told alongside: John's six-year dream of owning a Chevy Volt comes true (2012)
About: Detroit, General Motors, North American International Auto Show
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-01-09 | told | Hank tells John he accepted General Motors' invitation to the Detroit auto show as a writer for environmental blogs, and shows the show. | Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th 00:00:34 |
| 2007-01-11 | update | After watching his January 9 video, Hank says he is paying the price for the Detroit trip: he came back ill. (playful) → refers to Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th | Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th 00:00:00 |
| 2012-11-08 | retold | John says he has dreamed of a Chevy Volt since Hank's January 2007 Detroit Auto Show video, where it emerged as a concept car, and waited six years, partly for lack of money. (playful) | VOLT! A Dream Comes True. 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-01-09 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th — Hank: A week later Hank accepted General Motors' invitation to the North American International Auto Show, invited because he writes for a few environmental blogs. — 00:00:34 · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel
- 2007-01-09 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 9th — Hank: At the show Hank says 'This is not my values' and calls it a gigantic spectacle that is hard to convey. — 00:01:16
- 2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank says he is paying the price for not living by his values in Detroit: he is sick, which he blames on a tiny chicken whose hatchlings eat his brain. (playful) — 00:00:00 · also in: Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel